In a residential house in Jiangdu County, Li Zhi and his father also quarreled over the same thing.
"I told you a long time ago that you should not get involved in power struggles in this industry. You will be jailed at worst, and you will lose your life at worst. You just don't listen. Now, you actually agree to such a request. You are confused!"
Li Zhi's father was so angry that he slammed the table. He had been a broker for thirty years and had so much experience. When his son said that a customer asked him to investigate the forty-two salt and iron judges, he immediately guessed that this matter must be related to The recent situation in Yangzhou has something to do with it. What a dangerous trap this is. My son actually stepped into it. How could he not be angry?
Li Zhi sat at the table with his legs crossed. He was quite disapproving of his father's fierce reaction. Of course he knew there were risks involved, but wealth was gained through risk. He had to pay himself a total of 600 yuan! This was his income for at least eight years. , how could he give up?
Li Zhi threw a piece of fruit into his mouth and sneered: "My father hasn't asked how much he gave me, right?"
"It's not about money..."
"It's about money. Guess how much your father gave me?"
"How much can I give you? The most I can give you is fifty thousand dollars."
Li Zhi sneered, "It's only fifty guan, hum! Let me tell you, it's 600 guan."
"ah!"
Li Zhi's father was also stunned. After a while, he hesitated and asked: "Really...really give me 600 guan?"
Li Zhi took out five large ingots of silver and put them on the table, "This is two hundred and fifty taels of silver, given to me as a deposit. I will give him the investigation report ten days later, and the remaining silver will be paid in one lump sum."
The free money dazzled Li Zhi's father. He swallowed and said, "I can do it for him, but the premise is that he must keep it secret and not betray our father and son."
"Father, don't worry! As long as the thing is true, it's easy to say anything. The key is that my ability is limited, so I have to ask my father to take action on this matter."
"Let me tell you! There is no way you can do this. In the end, you still have to rely on me."
Li Zhi's father snorted, "When will he want it?"
"Give it to him in ten days."
"Time is a bit tight at this time. I have some information on the judges over there. I'll sort it out first and see if there's anything missing. Then I'll add it."
At this time, someone outside the door asked: "Excuse me, is this Li Dazui's house?"
Li Zhi hurriedly walked out and saw a young man standing at the door, whom he had never seen before.
"I am Li Dazui, what do you want from me?"
The young man smiled and said: "My surname is Sun, and my name is Sun Xiaozhen. Didn't my uncle ask you to help with the investigation today? The one with five hundred coins..."
Li Zhi suddenly realized, "Please come in quickly!"
Sun Xiaozhen walked in, and Li Zhi smiled and said, "Your uncle is young enough."
"I can't help it. He is actually one year younger than me, but given our seniority, I can only call him uncle."
"Brother Sun Xian, do you have something to do with me?"
Sun Xiaozhen nodded, "I want to find you to learn more about the situation of several salt gangs."
The two of them sat down and Li Zhi smiled and said, "If you have any ideas, you might as well tell me directly. Your uncle and I have a tacit understanding. He will tell me directly whatever information he wants."
Sun Xiaozhen thought for a while and said: "Actually, I just want to know one thing. For example, if something happens, will it trigger a serious conflict between the salt gangs?"
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At dusk, a large passenger ship left Xuzhou and entered Sizhou.
"Taking a boat to Yangzhou is the stupidest decision I have made in the past few years!"
A man with a slender face drank the wine in one gulp, then slammed the glass on the table. He was very annoyed and said, "If we were riding horses, we would have arrived long ago."
This man was Yu Lingxuan, the third son of Yu Chaoen, who was ordered to go to Yangzhou to take over the post of captain of Yangzhou. He was tall, with a horse face and a sallow complexion, and was nicknamed "Sick Sanlang".
In the Yu family, blood relatives are the most valued. For example, Yu Chaoen's elder brother Yu Chao'an was originally just a butcher in Luzhou, but now he is appointed as General Qianniuwei and has been granted the title of Duke of Anyang County.
Another example is Yu Chao'an's two sons, Yu Linghui and Yu Lingwu. Yu Linghui was adopted by Yu Chaoen and became Yu Chaoen's eldest son. He was appointed Minister of Rites, and became a third-grade Silver Qingguanglu doctor and a knight.
Duke Ping became Yu Chaoen's heir.
Yu Lingwu was appointed as the general of the Shence Army. Since the general of the Shence Army was concurrently held by Yu Chaoen, Yu Lingwu became one of the actual chief generals of the Shence Army.
Although Yu Lingxuan is also Yu Chaoen's clan nephew, his ability is slightly weaker, and more importantly, he is illiterate, so he is not taken seriously by Yu Chaoen. Instead of serving as a court official, he is put in charge of Tianyuan Pavilion.
Even though he was in charge of Tianyuan Pavilion, Yu Chaoen still gave the orders, and the internal management was in the hands of the eunuch Li Enping. Yu Lingxuan only played the role of supervising the army.
This time he was sent to Yangzhou as the captain, which was the reward for his ten years of loyalty. He finally started to enter the official career after he was thirty years old.
Yu Lingxuan wished he could fly to Yangzhou, but he chose to take a boat. The boat moved very slowly, which made him anxious.
The person sitting opposite Yu Lingxuan is Wu Yue, the chief warrior of Tianyuan Pavilion. He ranks third in Chang'an martial arts and is highly valued by Yu Chaoen. His status in Tianyuan Pavilion even exceeds that of Yu Lingxuan.
This time Wu Yue brought ten Tianyuan Pavilion warriors to escort Yu Lingxuan to Yangzhou because Yu Lingxuan's appointment as the captain of Yangzhou was a crucial step for Yu Chaoen to seize control of the salt tax, and there was no room for error.
Wu Yue glanced at the sky outside, smiled slightly at Yu Lingxuan and said, "It's getting dark, why don't we just go to the shore and rest!"
"You bunch of useless bastards, why can't you sail at night?"
Yu Lingxuan scolded him, but he also knew that boats generally did not sail at night. The boatmen had to rest and the trackers also had to rest, otherwise they would not be able to sail tomorrow.
"It's so damn boring!"
Yu Lingxuan stood up and staggered out of the cabin, "I won't drink anymore, I'm going to sleep!"
Looking at Yu Lingxuan's back in the distance, Wu Yue shook his head, where was this guy sleeping?
Yu Lingxuan got drunk and caused a scene in a brothel in Pengcheng County. Later, he wrapped himself in a pink head and actually took it on the boat. This bastard must have gone to find that woman to have fun. If his father found out, he would not know how to scold himself.
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Yu Lingxuan followed the rules in the capital and did not dare to go beyond the rules. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the capital, his true nature was exposed. There was a lot of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and there was a lot of noise along the way south.
It really made Wu Yue feel worried.
If a person like this goes to Yangzhou, he will only be played with and applauded by others. How can he complete the task assigned to him by his father?
He was simple-minded and nicknamed himself "The Butcher of Chang'an". He was a completely reckless bastard. He was actually a Qianniuwei general and the Duke of Anyang.
The more Wu Yue thought about it, the more disgusted he became. He actually worked for such a person. He was really living like a dog.
The night gradually deepened, and both the trackers and the boatmen fell into a deep sleep. The four warriors on duty stood at the bow, stern and shore, watching the surroundings vigilantly. The ship was docked on the shore, and the river water was blown gently by the night wind.
Push the boat up and down.
At this moment, a black figure in the water approached the ship silently. Guo Song slowly poked his head out of the water and stared at the warrior at the stern of the ship.
Guo Song discovered the traces of Yu Lingxuan and his party in Pengcheng County. Yu Lingxuan made a big fuss in the brothel and alerted the government. Although the county magistrate sent them out of the city respectfully, the traces of Yu Lingxuan and his party were exposed.
The warrior at the bow of the boat cannot see him, but the warrior at the stern of the boat is facing the Cao River. If he makes the slightest movement, he will be discovered by him.
After waiting for a moment, the warrior at the stern stretched, turned and walked to the other side. Guo Song seized the opportunity and jumped onto the boat. Fortunately, the river water pushed the boat up and down, and the shaking of him on the boat was concealed.
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Guo Song jumped up again and climbed to the second-floor cabin. He followed him all the way and already knew where Yu Lingxuan's cabin was. Guo Song took out his dagger, gently pried open a window, and jumped in.
Moonlight poured in from the ship's window, coating the cabin with a layer of silver. Inside the cabin, a man and a woman slept, hugging each other in an ugly manner, and they were sound asleep.
Guo Song sneered, waved the dagger in his hand, and blood splashed everywhere. Yu Lingxuan died immediately in his sleep. Guo Song casually pulled a piece of beautiful jade from Yu Lingxuan's neck. It was a long-standing dragon-patterned jade.
Simplicity is a symbol of status.
Twenty years ago, the Supreme Emperor Li Longji gave it to Yu Chaoen, and Yu Chaoen gave it to Yu Lingxuan. It has been worn by Yu Lingxuan, and now it has become Guo Song's trophy.
Guo Song patted the woman's face with his dagger again. The woman slowly opened her eyes and found a strange man standing in front of her. Next to her, Yu Lingxuan's neck had been cut open, and blood was gurgling out.
The woman was so frightened that she screamed in fear. Guo Song punched her on the head, and the woman fainted immediately...
Wu Yue was sleeping next door. He was suddenly awakened by the woman's scream. He sat up suddenly, grabbed his sword and ran out.
At this time, two warriors heard the scream and ran over.
"Chief, what happened? I seem to hear a woman screaming."
"I do not know how it is!"
Wu Yue knocked hard on the cabin door, but no one responded. His uneasy feeling became more and more intense, and he became impatient, so he kicked open the cabin door and rushed in.
He saw the woman fainted and lying on the floor in plain clothes, his back facing him, covered in blood.
Wu Yue was anxious and stepped forward to turn Yu Lingxuan over. He saw that Yu Lingxuan's face was covered with blood. Wu Yue touched his nose and asked, "Third Young Master, how are you?"
At this time, Wu Yue suddenly seemed to feel that something was wrong. Yu Lingxuan opened his eyes slightly and smiled strangely at him.
Wu Yue felt a pain in his chest, and a dagger was inserted into his chest. Wu Yue screamed. The moment before he died, he suddenly understood that something was wrong. Yu Lingxuan was famous for his long face, but the other party was not.
Wu Yue was pierced through the chest by a dagger and died on the spot. Several warriors were stunned. They saw a flash of black shadow, and Yu Lingxuan on the ground jumped up and flew out of the ship window accurately, 'Plop!'
It fell into the water and disappeared like a fish.
"Third Young Master is here!"
The warriors found Yu Lingxuan wrapped in a quilt. They saw that the blood in his throat had solidified and he had already died. The warriors looked at the leader who was stabbed to death. Everyone was stunned. They didn't know what to do.